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Will the universal benefits plan have to be redrawn?
Two reports attacking major areas of the government’s planned benefits reforms suggest there may come a point when the universal credit policy has to be redrawn.
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If you’re one of the 2.34 million low-income families who used to get council tax benefit, you’ll be paying on average £149 more in council tax this year than just over a year ago.
This expansion of the welfare state spends more on the better off than the poorest. There are relatively few parents who spend at or close to £10,000 a year on childcare.
The government says millions of families will benefit from a more generous childcare subsidy – but there is no new money on the table.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds in housing benefit payments have “disappeared” after being paid to one of Britain’s biggest property agents, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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While ministers wring their hands about the official definition of poverty, low-paid workers are embarrassed and isolated.